Legal Definition and Related Resources of Appropriate

Set apart for or assign to a particular purpose, person or use, to the exclusion of others, as in to appropriate land for road widening purposes. To apply funds for a particular purpose, as when a creditor appropriates payments made to an earlier debt. To make a thing one’s own; to set-apart for or assign to a particular purpose, person or use.

adjective

• accommodatiis
• accordant
• accurate
• adapted to
• admissible
• applicable
• apposite
• apropos
• apt
• aptus
• befitting
• concordant
• condign
• conformable
• congruens
• congruous
• consistent
• consonant
• correct
• correspondent
• exact
• expedient
• fit
• fitting
• germane
• harmonious
• meet
• opportune
• pertinent
• practicable
• precise
• proper
• relevant
• right
• rightful
• seemly
• suitable
• suited
• timely
• wellsuited
• Associated Concepts: appropriate bargaining unit
• appropriate cause of action
• appropriate remedy

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Appropriate in Historical Law

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What does Appropriate mean in American Law?

The definition of Appropriate in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

As an adjective, the term means fit, proper, assigned correctly to, as in “He took all appropriate means to effect service of process.”

For the verb form, see appropriation.